From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V6 #380 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Monday, December 18 2000 Volume 06 : Number 380 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: ecto-digest V6 #379 [SpiritWe@aol.com] Today's your birthday, friends... [Mike Matthews ] Re: Joni Mitchell, Christian Music [steve ] Re: Joni Mitchell, Christian Music [Paul Blair ] Lisa Moscatiello, was: saddest love songs ["Bill Adler" ] Re: Musical mystery [Paul Blair ] end of the year ["girl with the curious hair" ] Top N for 2000 [Joseph Zitt ] Improv Performance - IMPROVISED PEACES/PLAYING TOGETHER [Joseph Zitt ] Re: Joni Mitchell, Christian Music [Joseph Zitt ] Cds for sale :-) [RocketsTail@aol.com] Re: The Saddest Love Songs [meredith ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 02:44:23 EST From: SpiritWe@aol.com Subject: Re: ecto-digest V6 #379 In a message dated 12/17/00 2:02:22 AM, Marla Tiara .org writes: << > Indigo Girls -- "Ghost", "Blood and Fire" "You and > Me and the 10,000 Wars" Oh, I also nominate "Left Me a Fool". I notice nobody commented on my nomination of the Softies. Surely I'm not the only ectophile who loves them? >> yo. ok, I just had to chime in here. No, Marla, you're not the only one!! I am an Indigo Girls FREAK, I think they're absolutely brilliant, have seen them a dozen times, and still listen to all their albums, very often. They always make me cry, they're so real it kicks my little tuchas & reminds me what intelligent, emotional, gutsy music can be at its best... You mentioned one of my very favorite tunes here, & I also loved everything on on Adam K's list, 'specially the Crowded House, Veda Hille & Cat Stevens. This is such a great group of listeners!! OK, back to my usual lurking, I'm getting a sunburn out here, ha ha :) xoxo Rachael ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 03:00:06 -0500 (EST) From: Mike Matthews Subject: Today's your birthday, friends... i*i*i*i*i*i i*i*i*i*i*i *************** *****HAPPY********* **************BIRTHDAY********* *************************************************** *************************************************************************** ******************** Laura Clifford (lcliffor@bbn.com) ******************** *********** Dirk Kastens (dkastens@titan.rz.Uni-Osnabrueck.DE) ************ ************************ Milla (no Email address) ************************* ************** Chris Schernwetter (cas9353@ultb.isc.rit.edu) ************** ******************** Sherry Haddock (shaddock@uta.edu) ******************** *************************************************************************** -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Laura Clifford Tue December 17 1957 Sagittarius Dirk Kastens Tue December 17 1963 Sagittarius Milla Wed December 17 1975 Sagittarius Chris Schernwetter Tue December 17 1974 Sagittarius Sherry Haddock Sat December 17 1960 Sagittarius Tracy Benbrook Tue December 18 1973 Sagittarius Mark Lowry Mon December 22 1969 Capricarius Kay Cleaves Wed December 22 1976 Prancing Pony Uli Grepel Wed December 25 1968 Steinbock Joseph Wasicek Sat December 25 1976 Brown Eagle Stuart Castergine Mon December 30 1963 You Are Here Marvin Camras Sat January 01 1916 Tapehead Jeanne Schreiter Tue January 03 1967 Capricorn John Sandoval Wed January 04 1967 Capricorn Paul Cohen Tue January 05 1954 Capricorn Tony Garrity Mon January 08 1962 Pool of Life Greg Bossert Tue January 09 1962 OfTheTimes Troy J. Shadbolt Thu January 14 1971 Capricorn Chris Sampson Wed January 15 1964 Void where prohibited Dennis G Parslow Fri January 17 1964 ...of the Saint Ross Alford Thu January 17 1957 Positive - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 09:16:26 -0600 From: steve Subject: Re: Joni Mitchell, Christian Music tenthvictim@mindspring.com: >So far,the most appealing scenario for an afterlife I've found comes >from a physicist who thinks at some point the universe will be networked >with computers powerful enough to program every person who has ever >lived into existence. I like to think some day I may wake up as a subroutine >in a verylarge computer program. Don't ask me how this is going to work; >I've beenhunting for information on the guy, Bryce DeWitt, with little luck. Maybe you're looking for Frank J. Tipler. http://www.math.tulane.edu:80/~tipler/ http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0385467990/qid=977066097/sr=1-1/104- 9713464-4643920 - - Steve __________ Sealed with a curse as sharp as a knife. Doomed is your soul and damned is your life. - Lord John Whorfin ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 11:00:03 -0500 From: Paul Blair Subject: Re: Joni Mitchell, Christian Music Lyle wrote: >I am going thru my teenage rebellion now that I have hit middle age, so I am >being silent and sullen over the church and its ways in this world. So far, >the most appealing scenario for an afterlife I've found comes from a >physicist who thinks at some point the universe will be networked with >computers powerful enough to program every person who has ever lived into >existence. I like to think some day I may wake up as a subroutine in a very >large computer program. Don't ask me how this is going to work; I've been >hunting for information on the guy, Bryce DeWitt, with little luck. Bryce DeWitt teaches, or at least used to teach, physics at the University of Texas at Austin, where I went to grad school. I once knew a physics grad student who studied with him. And the "parallel universes" stuff comes from John Wheeler, another physicist who spends part of his time at Texas. But I wouldn't get my hopes up for having your spirit captured in software. Having worked in artificial intelligence for a few years, I can say that no such software program is even remotely on the horizon. And nowadays even atheistic philosophers are starting to defend the idea that minds are not reducible to physical processes. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 11:03:07 -0500 From: "Bill Adler" Subject: Lisa Moscatiello, was: saddest love songs Let me echo (or is it Ecto?) Carolyn's comments about Lisa Moscatiello. When you listen to "Second Avenue," a well of old memories and feelings comes rushing up. Although it's not a perfect analogy, listing to "Second Avenue" is like eating very spicy Asian food: Each bite is a little painful, bringing tears to your eyes. Yet you feel compelled to eat more, because the pain is mixed with an exquisite pleasure. - --Bill n.p. Nancy Falkow, Smitten - -----Original Message----- From: owner-ecto@smoe.org [mailto:owner-ecto@smoe.org]On Behalf Of Carolyn Andre Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2000 11:46 PM To: ecto@smoe.org Subject: RE: saddest love songs At 08:37 PM 12/16/00, Bill Adler wrote: >Let me add one more: Lisa Moscatiello's "Second Avenue." Here are some >lyrics: > >Oh, I would take years off my life >Give all I own, I'd sacrifice >For just a fleeting moment with you >Back on Second Avenue. > > >And what a voice Lisa Moscatiello has -- rich and lush. > >--Bill chiming in here in paid & unpaid commercials - IMHO Second Avenue is another of those songs that, like the previously mentioned Susan Werner's "St Mary's of Regret", conveys those beautiful yet exquisitely painful memories. From the time I heard a rough cut of the song, I couldn't *not* play it, but would then ask myself why I was listening to those emotions. For the paid commercial part - for more about Lisa, including some of those soundly (by ecto folks) disparaged RealAudio type clips (including the verse Bill quotes above) from her 2 albums, visit her web site at http://lisamoscatiello.com/ She explores material ranging from Janis Ian and John Hiatt to original compositions like the above Second Avenue and traditional pieces (including an intriguing interpretation of "House Carpenter" thats rather far from the Joan Baez version I heard as a teenager) Regards, Carolyn Andre - ------------------------- candre@house-of-music.com Support Independent Music! Use the Internet ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 08:15:57 -0800 (PST) From: Marla Tiara Subject: Re: ecto-digest V6 #379 Hi Rachael!!! *Waves* - --- SpiritWe@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 12/17/00 2:02:22 AM, Marla Tiara > .org writes: > > << > Indigo Girls -- "Ghost", "Blood and Fire" "You > and > > Me and the 10,000 Wars" > > Oh, I also nominate "Left Me a Fool". > > I notice nobody commented on my nomination of the > Softies. Surely I'm not the only ectophile who loves > them? >> > > yo. ok, I just had to chime in here. No, Marla, > you're not the only one!! I > am an Indigo Girls FREAK *grin* Actually I wasn't calling the Indigo Girls big softies (though they are!), I was referring to the band The Softies - I posted earlier that the new album is chock full of sad love songs but I didn't get any response. They're similar to the IGs actually ;) Two girls playing guitar. They're very soft, very delicate, with gorgeous lyrics. I think everyone on the list should check them out: http://www.kpunk.com/softies (Rachael when are you going to play in Boston? You need to wear my tiara!!) marla tiara who is an Indigo Girls fan as well :) :) ===== ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Famous people wearing my tiara: http://www.marlatiara.com (*updated 9/21/00 - All pictures active!) "I will always love you like a milkshake." - Wesley Willis Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. http://shopping.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 13:22:19 -0500 From: Paul Blair Subject: Re: Musical mystery Joe Zitt wrote: >A long shot: there's a jazz standard, "Moody's Mood (for Love)". But >I haven't found any references in a quick Web search to a version by >Reverberi. Having listened to some clips of this song, I'm pretty sure it's not the one I'm thinking of. What may have happened was that I wrote down the name of some other track in the set by mistake. Oh, well. Thanks, pb ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 13:42:15 -0600 From: "girl with the curious hair" Subject: end of the year albums: 'bitter' by meshell ndegeocello came out last year, just got around to buying it. it's brilliant and heartbreaking, and makes me curl into the fetal position and want to cry. seriously. that good. 'fool of me' is absolutely perfect. million dollar hotel soundtrack so much better than what u2 officially released as their follow up album, 'all that you can't leave behind.' this soundtrack is pure blue, very dark and moody. (i seem to be into depressing stuff this year.) also has a song written by salman rushdie which features the best guitar solo of the year. most of the music on the album features at least one or two members of u2, except for the spanish version of 'anarchy in the u.k.' which is kind of out of place on the mellow album. even the instrumentals are heartbreaking. the golden arm trio, self titled this band is my find of the year. they are a local band and they kick serious ass. the leader of the band is a classical pianist who also beats the hell out of the drums. the rest of the members of the band come and go, varying from a full orchestra to just graham, to a quartet with a bass/electric guitar player and two horn players. it's all instrumental, with influences from classical, jazz, punk, and rockabilly. (sounds impossible, but it's true.) they have another album out with a local string quartet, tosca, but it's more difficult to find. graham, the leader, has a solo album coming out with just his piano playing which i am definitely looking forward to. he's the best pianist i've ever seen. twilight singers 'as sung by' greg dulli, the lead singer of the afghan whigs, and his lil side project. it's much sexier than the afghan whigs, if that's possible. it also has a lot more hip hop influence audible, as well as jazz. there is not a weak song on the entire album. the songs are the usual dulli fare, heartbreak, being an asshole, sex, etc. but it's much darker, dirtier. the album has been sitting around for nearly three years before it got released. i'm just glad it finally did. boss hog 'white out' every time i play this, it's like a disco in my apartment. it makes me happy and it makes me dance. so, so good. and yet so, so different from standard boss hog fare. jeff buckley 'mystery white boy' i wonder why they chose some of the versions of the songs they put on here, but i'm glad the album was released. and while i wasn't thrilled with the version of 'woke up in a strange place' (he's fubbing the lyrics repeatedly. i mean, c'mon...), the version of 'what will you say' is Perfect. the guitar is just stunning. and if nothing else, the album shows that besides just a really great voice, jeff was an amazing guitar player as well. i look forward to the coming live releases. joseph arthur 'come to where i'm from' joseph arthur 'live in dallas' i was lucky enough to see him perform live twice this year, and the second time he gave me a balloon. ::swoon:: and as my friend pointed out to me at a show, his voice is like sex. the album is very, very strong. i love it desperately. 'invisible hands' and 'eyes on my back' and 'tattoo' are standouts, but everything is good. swings from folky to very layered and electronic. definitely the most frequently played of all the albums i've bought this year. the live album is very moody, very dark, and really displays his talent at sampling sounds he made with his guitar, layering them until it sounds like an orchestra. brilliant. pj harvey 'stories' great. the songs sound happy these days. however, for some reason, i don't listen to this all that much. i love it every time i hear it, however. shannonwright 'maps of tacit' i really didn't think i would like this as much as i did. but i kept wanting to hear it, and would listen to it over and over. i'll be lucky enough to see her live on new year's eve. almosts: u2 - 'all that you can't leave behind' radiohead - 'kid a' shivaree - 'i oughtta give you a shot in the head' ben christophers - 'beautiful demon' best concerts of the year: abra moore, cactus cafe, austin, tx joseph arthur, la zona rosa, austin, tx golden arm trio with orchestra, unitarian church, austin, tx kristin hersh, cactus cafe, austin, tx liza ramada, gaby n mo's, austin, tx j. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 17:35:13 -0500 From: Joseph Zitt Subject: Top N for 2000 Looking strictly at CDs that were dated 2000 and that I've actually listened to, I find markedly little that would make my top 10. These stand out: King Crimson: Heavy ConstruKCtion -- a live triple disc from the European leg of the Crims' latest tour, tour, this makes their studio album (which would have made the list if I hadn't heard this) seem like a sketchpad. And if, as they've mentioned, they release another set from the US/Japan leg of the tour, it will probably blow this away. Nurat Fateh Ali Khan: Imprint -- recorded live during his residency at a US college, it's the best recorded and sharpest set I've heard from him. And the video is even better. John Zorn: Filmworks IX: Trembling Before G-d -- a just-released soundtrack to a film about gay orthodox Jews, this may be Zorn's best in terms of incorporating traditional Jewish melodies and elements in his music. Derek Bailey/Jamaaladeen Tacuma/Calvin Weston -- in which what may be the best avant-jazz-funk rhythm section in the world lays down a furious groove which the plinking and blatting guitarist blithely ignores. But it works, despite itself. Basque: Radiate -- (I *think* this was this year, and someone else had listed it) The find of the year. I had gotten it a while back but it didn't hit me until I heard their stellar set a few weeks ago at Kramerbooks in DC (at which I suspect I was the only one listening). Beautiful ethereal vocals, mostly over solid solo bass. (OTOH, I'm backlogged with about 800 or so unlistened discs, so I suspect that I haven't caught up with some hidden treasures...) FWIW, this is what I've found myself listening to most this year: King Crimson: The ConstruKCtion of Light October Project: October Project David Bowie: 1. Outside (with the spoken tracks cut out) Miles Davis: (a steady rotation of his '70s work) Robert Fripp: November Suite Ornette Coleman: Assorted MP3s Phillip Glass and Robert Wilson: the CIVIL warS Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: Mustt Mustt - -- |> ~The only thing that is not art is inattention~ --- Marcel Duchamp <| | jzitt@metatronpress.com http://www.metatronpress.com/jzitt | | Latest CD: Jerusaklyn http://www.mp3.com/josephzitt | | Comma: Voices of New Music Silence: the John Cage Discussion List | ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 17:47:34 -0500 From: Joseph Zitt Subject: Improv Performance - IMPROVISED PEACES/PLAYING TOGETHER Oops, I'm doing it again: I was planning just to vacation in Austin the last week of the year, but people there and in adjoining towns demanded that I play there (really -- I was, er, rather surprised), so it looks like we're doing a third annual TeXmas tour this year. The ensemble this year consists of members of a variety of new-music and sound poetry ensembles, coming together from as far afield as Washington, DC, and San Francisco. In addition to the usual verbal mayhem, we have clarinet, electric guitar, viola, shakuhachi, recorder, melodica, and possible other instrumentation. Different lineups will play different dates -- we know everyone will be playing Austin on 12/30, and varying subsets will be playing Bastrop, Temple, and San Antonio on the days before. And at each venue we hope to be roping in locals and teaching them some material so that they can perform as part of the group. The performances will be a double benefit, for an arts center in (Palestinian) Bethlehem and an arts school in (Israeli) Petach Tikva. We hope to be passing the hat as part of the performance, in a way that allows people to donate to either or both as they wish. Here's the official blurbage:.......................................... for immediate release IMPROVISED PEACES/PLAYING TOGETHER by "?/," (Q slash C if you prefer), ensemble on third Texas tour performances to benefit art in Israel and Palestine ensemble members: Thom the World Poet, Bobby Corbell and John Snyder (Austin-based) Rod Stryker (San Antonio-based) Jon Matis, Joseph Zitt and Tom Bickley (Washington D.C.-based) Fran Carris and Tim Wood (Dallas-based) Nancy Beckman (San Francisco-based) performances: Bastrop (12/27) [open rehearsal] San Antonio (12/28) Temple (12/29) Austin (12/30) With the offbeat name "?/," (Q slash C if you prefer), an all-star lineup and a repertoire that mixes a wide range of elements including music, performance poetry, chants, comedy and improvisation, the group is nothing if not unconventional. The group's third Texas tour from December 28-30 includes performances in Austin, San Antonio and Temple (see end of press release for details on each performance). Performances by the group draw strong praise from both critics and audiences. Audience praise of last year's tour included "dynamic (and) energizing" (Morrie Green). The Austin American Statesman featured the Austin performance in their Best of the Rest section. The Downtown Music Gallery described one of the albums by members of the ensemble as "...bizarre and challenging...". The Washington Review noted "the result falls outside the traditional concert - it is vocal theater, a celebration of the voice as a direct line to all the apparitions and emotions that make up experience...sentence fragments, repeated syllables, seductive hisses, whispers are the language of populations, ancient and familiar." The performances will also benefit the Palestinian and Israeli arts. Instead of charging admission, the members of the group --in what they are calling Bagism-- will circulate during performance among members of the audience to collect donations for both Palestinian and Israeli arts. The title of the tour, "IMPROVISING PEACES/PLAYING TOGETHER", comes from the image of people, both in crisis abroad and in our own divisive society, working and playing in peace. The interactions in the movement and music suggest models and metaphors for people coming together in art and in life. The group's mouth filling name (a question mark, a slash and a comma) is a reference to the membership of the ensemble. Three of the group's members - --Fran Carris, Tim Wood and Joseph Zitt-- were core members of the Dallas performance ensemble "Question Authority, the". A number of the other members --Tom Bickley and Joseph Zitt-- are members of the Washington D.C.-based Comma. The name is also a reference to the group's irreverent sense of humor and fun. The ensemble works with their own material and that of other composers including John Cage and Pauline Oliveros. Their repertory includes newly composed musical works, performance poetry, chant from various early traditions, and group improvisations. Techniques include many extended uses of the voice as well as electro-acoustic environment. Technically, the performers form "an ensemble specializing in music that involves improvisation and mindfulness practices." In practice that means performances that are a fun, unpredictable and eye-opening mixing of different musical styles, poetry and dance in improvised collaboration. The ensemble's current all-star lineup combines members of a number of ensembles, many with extensive performance lists and CDs to their credit. Other members include Austinites Thom the World Poet (multiple international tours), Bobby Corbell (Comma and Friends) and John Snyder (Empty Words), Washington D.C.-based Jon Matis (formerly of Gray Code and Austin band Tiktok), Rod Stryker (Sun Poets Society) and San Francisco-based shakuhachi player Nancy Beckman. You can find out more and hear recordings of "?/," on their website at http://www.datawranglers.com/QslashC/. Dates and Locations Dec. 28 San Antonio Barnes and Noble Bookstore 321 N.W. Loop 410, Suite 104 San Pedro Crossing Shopping Center, across from North Star Mall (210) 342-0008 7:00pm Dec. 29 Temple Zoe's Coffee Cafe 1701 W Ave M (254) 791-5282 7:00pm Dec. 30 Austin Ruta Maya Corner 4th and Lavaca (512) 472-9637 7:00pm Tour Contacts: General Joseph Zitt jzitt@metatronpress.com cell: 703-864-4036 alt: 202-543-4563 Tim Wood editorial@artsdfw.com 214.914.1252 Austin Thom the World Poet worldpoet@rocketmail.com 512.416.7435 San Antonio Rod Stryker sunpoets@hotmail.com 210.349.8216 Temple Morrie Greene demeter1@hotmail.com 254.778.6679 Webpage: http://www.datawranglers.com/QslashC _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com - ----- End forwarded message ----- - -- |> ~The only thing that is not art is inattention~ --- Marcel Duchamp <| | jzitt@metatronpress.com http://www.metatronpress.com/jzitt | | Latest CD: Jerusaklyn http://www.mp3.com/josephzitt | | Comma: Voices of New Music Silence: the John Cage Discussion List | ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 18:45:43 -0500 From: meredith Subject: several shows Hi! I'm behind (again), but I just realized that we've been to several shows in the past couple weeks, and I haven't posted about any of them. Bad me. First up: Sarah Harmer at the Mercury Lounge, December 6. She was with her band, which this time also included an extra guitar player. He only played on a few songs, but he added good stuff to the ones he did play on. I think it was the best full-band Sarah show yet. The band was tight, and Sarah seemed to be sure of herself and having a good time. "Weakened State" and "Lodestar" kicked particular butt that night. She also played a new song, which was quite nice. The coolest thing, though, was how crowded the Mercury Lounge was, and how into it the crowd was. Sarah's got some serious fans in New York City! Additional ectophile in attendance: Chris Montville The next night, Kristeen Young was at CBGB. There were maybe 10 people there, but she didn't seem to notice nor care. She had a new bass player, a striking young woman named Sooky (sp?), who was considerably less full of sound than Brian, the former bass player. She was really good. I found it ironic that in CBGB, a place about the size of a closet that has a sound system that could power Shea Stadium during the playoffs, I didn't need earplugs for the first Kristeen show in memory. The sound was excellent. It was the first time I'd been in the legendary CBGB, even after so many trips to CB's Gallery next door. I'd been expecting it to be a dive, but I wasn't quite prepared for just *how* skeevy it was. It looks like the place was created by tossing a grenade into a bit of warehouse space however many decades ago, and moving PA equipment in as soon as things had cooled off enough. Gotta love it. :) Additional ectophile in attendance: Don Keller Last Saturday, we headed down to Croton-on-Hudson to see Katell Keineg play at a coffeehouse series set up in a Masonic lodge. It was the absolute last place I'd ever have expected to see her, but it was a great night. The price was unexpectedly steep ($20), but it was worth it, especially considering how rarely she performs in these parts. Tim Hill opened, and did a very nice set of James Taylor-meets-the-Tuvans music. Katell was solo, and played a mix of new and old songs, and told some really hilarious stories in between songs. I think it's telling that the audience was made up mostly of people who had come a considerable distance to see her: just sitting around us were a couple from Long Island, and a group of people who had come down from Boston just for that purpose. Additional ectophile in attendance: Jason Gordon [Details of the following day, spent at a Xena/Star Trek convention on Long Island omitted due to certain lack of interest in the gallery :)] This past Wednesday, Susan McKeown, Johnny Cunningham and Aidan Brennan were at the University of Hartford, in a small auditorium. It was sold out, and we got there rather late, but even sitting almost all the way in the back we were still reasonably close to the stage. The show was great. Even though it was billed as a "songs for the winter season" show, there was really very little of that: a few songs from _Lowlands_, one or two from _Bushes and Briars_, a few of Johnny's, and then a set of songs from _Peter And Wendy_. In between, Johnny had everyone rolling in the aisles. That man is one of the funniest human beings ever. He would get Susan going, and between the two of them I'm amazed any music happened at all. During the encore ("Blue Christmas" into "Blue Moon"), Aidan put on a pair of flashing antlers and Johnny donned a Santa hat, and Susan completely lost it so she couldn't finish the first part of "Blue Moon" and they just had to do it instrumentally. When Susan could sing, she sounded lovely as always. They're a great trio. Susan said they hope to do this tour annually, which would be a good thing. In other news, the Chanting House (including Lindsey Horner and Jon Spurney) is coming back for some shows in January and February. They'll be at Fez in very early January (either the 5th or the 6th, Susan couldn't remember). Additional ectophile in attendance: Mike Curry Friday evening, Susan et al. were at the Towne Crier in Pawling, NY. Jason met us here and we picked up Alvin Brattli from the airport shuttle in Danbury on the way, and got there about two minutes before the music started (). Susan was waiting by the door for their intro to go onstage, so she greeted us on the way in, and welcomed Alvin back to America. :) It was the same show, but in some respects Johnny was even funnier in between songs. I didn't mind that the set list was the same, either - it was all great stuff. Additional ectophiles in attendance: Mike Curry, Alvin Brattli, John Henshon, Paul Blair, Kim Oliver and her mom Last night, Sloan Wainwright and her band played at the Acoustic Cafe. They did two solid sets of great stuff, both old and new tunes and some holiday music as well. They've been in the studio recording a new album, and if the studio versions of the full-band songs we heard last night are any indication, it's going to be killer. What I particularly liked was that the new songs really gave Liadain Clancy, Sloan's backup singer a chance to shine. She sounds like equal parts Sarah McLachlan and Joan Osborne (and kind of looks it, too), and she's amazing. Her voice mixes with Sloan's very well. Sloan herself was in fine voice, and I had a nice chat with her afterwards. She's got to be the nicest person in the music world. Additional ectophiles in attendance: Alvin Brattli, Jason Gordon So that brings us up to date. I think that may be it for 2000 - there's nothing on the calendar before I head off to Arizona for the holidays, and I haven't found anything of musical interest going on New Year's Eve this year. Time to start putting together the top of the year lists ... oy. +==========================================================================+ | Meredith Tarr meth@smoe.org | | New Haven, CT USA http://www.smoe.org/~meth | +==========================================================================+ | "things are more beautiful when they're obscure" -- veda hille | | *** TRAJECTORY, the Veda Hille mailing list: *** | | *** http://www.smoe.org/meth/trajectory.html *** | +==========================================================================+ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 20:00:51 -0500 From: Joseph Zitt Subject: Re: Joni Mitchell, Christian Music On Sun, Dec 17, 2000 at 12:05:22AM -0600, tenthvictim@mindspring.com wrote: > When I was a freshman at college, the guy in the room next to mine wanted to > be Joni Mitchell. Jimmy Boerslter was a 250 lb linebacker who sang Joni > Mitchell songs in a wistful little voice as he sat in his room, in the hall, > or in the bathroom and accompanied himself on the guitar. I even have a > photo commemorating that activity, and he was probably singing "The Circle > Song." Anytime I got fed up with the world, I would go next door and put > Jimmy's copy of _Blue_ on his stereo. I don't know how such a sad set of > songs can make you feel better, but somehow they do. Must have something to > do with someone feeling as miserable as you. I hope Jimmy is well. FWIW, a blues guitarist named Wendell Peek at mp3.com lists one Jimmy Boerstler as a similar artist. Wonder if it's the same guy. - -- |> ~The only thing that is not art is inattention~ --- Marcel Duchamp <| | jzitt@metatronpress.com http://www.metatronpress.com/jzitt | | Latest CD: Jerusaklyn http://www.mp3.com/josephzitt | | Comma: Voices of New Music Silence: the John Cage Discussion List | ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 20:52:07 EST From: RocketsTail@aol.com Subject: Cds for sale :-) Hey guys~at the end of this month I'm moving into an apartment with some friends of mine so I'm trying to get some extra cash and at the same time get rid of some of my thousands of cds (haha) that I just don't listen to anymore. I thought I would offer them to you guys first, these are just a handful I picked out and they're not very "ECTO" but I figured I'd try anyway haha. If you're interested just email me (rocketstail@aol.com) with an offer. Rock on ~eric Cds: The Breeders "Last Splash" The Pretenders "Viva El Amor!" Sheena Easton "My Cherie" K's Choice "Paradise in Me" The Wallflowers "Bringing Down the Horse" The Sundays "Static and Silence" Susanna Hoffs (ex BANGLE) Self Titled Mary Lou Lord "got no shadow" (Shawn Colvin and Elliot Smith sing on this record also) that's it for now :-) ~eric "trying to find a warm place to hide maybe born before your time how unfair to our human eyes how I wish you were alright 'cause I worry..." ~Sarah Slean ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 22:50:23 -0500 From: meredith Subject: Re: The Saddest Love Songs Hi! I'm a little bit late coming into this, but hey. >I'm curious about what people's favorite, saddest love songs are -- songs >that put a lump in your throat every time you hear them. Love songs that haven't already been mentioned: Tori Amos, "Baker Baker" and "Bells For Her" (and oh hell, the entire _Boys For Pele_ album, while we're at it) Joni Mitchell, "A Case Of You" The Nields, "One Hundred Names" General songs: Iris DeMent, "Ain't Got No Time To Cry" (this one kills me EVERY time) Johnny Cunningham, "Two Is The Beginning Of The End" (from _Peter And Wendy_ -- both times I heard Susan sing it with him this week it had me all choked up, and I thought I was over it!) RedWoodenBeads commented: >by Bob Dylan and "Beautiful Child" by Fleetwood Mac also fit in this category >as does "More Than This" by 10,000 Maniacs Um, that's a Bryan Ferry song. 10,000 Maniacs only did a version of it. +==========================================================================+ | Meredith Tarr meth@smoe.org | | New Haven, CT USA http://www.smoe.org/~meth | +==========================================================================+ | "things are more beautiful when they're obscure" -- veda hille | | *** TRAJECTORY, the Veda Hille mailing list: *** | | *** http://www.smoe.org/meth/trajectory.html *** | +==========================================================================+ ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V6 #380 **************************